No Shoulders to Stand On: Kent Merritt

Published date: November 4, 2021 | 2:25 pm

Updated: January 17, 2025 | 6:24 pm

Kent Merritt was a key part of the first UVA football recruiting class to include African-American student-athletes. Merritt joins us for our “No Shoulders to Stand On” series to talk about life on Grounds in the early 1970s.

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